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United States Patent | 5,102,160 |
Stowe | April 7, 1992 |
A connector assembly for attaching an end of a rotatable stabilizer bar to a control arm includes a cap member and a nut member. The cap member includes a barrel portion for receiving a stabilizer bar and a central stem. An annular, resilient base surrounds the stem and yieldably supports the cap member on a first surface of a control arm. A threaded bolt extends from the stem. The nut member includes a stem having a complementary sleeve for receiving the bolt and an annular, resilient base for supporting the nut member on a second surface of the control arm. Preferably, both the cap and nut members are molded from a resilient material.
Inventors: | Stowe; Keith A. (Saginaw, MI) |
Assignee: | General Motors Corporation (Detroit, MI) |
Appl. No.: | 618862 |
Filed: | November 28, 1990 |
Current U.S. Class: | 280/124.152; 267/152; 267/276 |
Intern'l Class: | B60G 011/20; B60G 011/60 |
Field of Search: | 280/688,689,695,,700,716,717,721,723 267/273,276,153,154,292,152 296/36,35.1 248/251,560,634,635 |
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